arterials
Major traffic routes
Arterials are major roads designed to carry high volumes of traffic across a city or region, feeding into smaller streets: The arterials were jammed during rush hour.
The term comes from the metaphor of arteries carrying blood through the body—these roads carry the main flow of vehicles through an urban system.
Major road for travel
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- thoroughfareMain public road
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- freewayHighway without tolls
motorway · avenue · parkway · carriageway · main road · ring road · turnpike · causeway
Tube conveying circulation
- circulationMovement through a system
- aortaChief arterial trunk
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
- veinVessel toward heart
vasculature · cardiovascular · blood flow · pulse · oxygenated · femoral · carotid · coronary
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- commuteRegular work travel
traffic jam · lane closure · detour · tailback · intersection · merge · traffic signal · stoplight
Sectioning areas by use
- land useHow terrain is allocated
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- transit-orientedPrioritizing mass transportation access
- mixed-useCombining different functions
density · connectivity · network · urban design · pedestrianization · bike lanes · public transport · masterplan
highway
Major road for travel
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- thoroughfareMain public road
- expresswayLimited-access highway
freeway · motorway · avenue · parkway · carriageway · main road · ring road · turnpike · causeway · access road
blood vessel
Tube conveying circulation
- circulationMovement through a system
- aortaChief arterial trunk
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
vein · vasculature · cardiovascular · blood flow · pulse · oxygenated · femoral · carotid · coronary · peripheral
congestion
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
commute · traffic jam · lane closure · detour · tailback · intersection · merge · traffic signal · stoplight · speed limit
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- land useHow terrain is allocated
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- transit-orientedPrioritizing mass transportation access
mixed-use · density · connectivity · network · urban design · pedestrianization · bike lanes · public transport · masterplan · setback
- Driving TermsGPS, maps, highways, toll roads, backroads
- transportation routeshighways, interstates, freeways, toll roads, bypasses
- waysway, way in, way out, this way, that way
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
- transit routessubway lines, bus route, bus routes, tram route, metro lines
arterialsside streets
Secondary urban thoroughfares
residential streets · back roads · neighborhood streets · cul-de-sacs · dead ends
- arterial roadsPrimary high-volume roadways
- arterial pulseRhythmic vessel expansion
- arterial blockageObstructed blood vessel
- arterial plaqueFatty buildup in vessels
- arterial bleedingBlood loss from artery
- arterial bloodOxygenated cardiovascular fluid